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Writeups.org is an encyclopaedia of characters in genre fiction — super-hero comic books, video games, action movies, etc. It offers illustrated, researched profiles. These also include technical data for role-players. If you need a robust understanding of a character’s abilities, personality, history, etc. this is *the* place to be.
Fire-controlling mutant, and one of the classic enemies of the X-Men.
For now it covers the 1980s, since the main focus was on modelling his powers.
The second third of our main Guild War 2 Player Character profile.
This article covers a lot of ground, and recaps the entire “Personal Story” storyline.
A 1947 enemy of sorts of Green Lantern.
Obscure and minor, but sometimes you need a character like that for your game.
An intriguing ex-Soviet altered cosmonaut. Psionics.
As of April of 2021, this profile was dusted off and received Mutants & Masterminds cosmo-stats.
A goofy, pulps-style underground villain. From a 1964/65 French comics serial.
Master of a rats-crewed, drugs-pushing subway empire.
Full profile of the Royal Palace in 1980s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. People, vehicles, machines, vistas…
Second part of our extensive character profile for Marvel Comics’ Maverick. He has a lot of equipment, so that doesn’t help with article length.
With links to the other parts.
The gold medal winner from our 2014 Halloween character creation contest. With an extensive background in witchery and grandmothering.
As of April of 2021, this profile received a few portraits from the cauldron.
From our Spring of 2015 character creation contest. A young super-heroine with a big heart and wielding magical artefacts from Celtic myth. Extensive, well-written background story.
As of April of 2021, this profile received some portrait art. Because magic.
An original superhuman from France, with a strange and specialised power. Essentially, he grows nightmare nemeses from made-up futures.
As of April of 2021, this profile received new portraits.
A young super-heroine from Wakanda, with budding mutant magic.
She was a Player Character in an early 1990s MSH campaign, because I like being 25 years early to the party.
As of April of 2021, this profile has received Panther-blessed portraits.
An original French super-heroine, whose considerable powers are based on art.
As of April of 2021, added portraits thanks to my own non-existent artistic gifts.
Part of our series presenting original, complex French super-heroes to help super-populate super-Europe.
As of April of 2021, added receding hairline portraits to this profile.
The current and next few site updates will be debiggened, due to the huge amount of illustrations work that’s also going on.
Details within.
Full-on profile for an original French super-heroine. Part of a series about a superhuman law enforcement unit, with oft-strange powers.
As of April 2021, added suitably blonde portraits.
Super-gendarme with a strange, infectious “future vision” power.
As of April of 2021, this profile received some portraits.
A French Gendarmerie officer with unusual shape-changing powers. Your daddy issues are his strengths.
As of April of 2021, this profile was issued with new portraits.
Homemade character. Undead terrorist and fallen doctor, with zombie henchmen and an all-destroying flame.
As of April of 2021, this profile received illustrations, under the “the dead start to walk in their masquerade” clause.
An original LGBT super-heroine. Agent Triangle was a Player Character in a DC Heroes tabletop role-playing campaign during the 1980s and 1990s.
As of April of 2021, added some portraits. I’ve been doing that a lot lately.
A character from the 1991 Temps short stories about odd superhumans.
Flying activist lass trying to be a super-heroine in London.
As of April of 2021, this profile received portraits making Barney Rubble.
An aged by sharp and wise wood runner living deep in the Amazon rain forest. He appears in a Luis Sepúlveda novel.
As of April of 2021, added some portraits.
A super-medium in a series of horror novels by Brian Lumley.
As of April of 2021, this old old profile has received some illustrations.
From the Endworld post-apocalyptic novels of the 1980s. Stock Native American fighter/tracker type of that time.
As of April of 2021, added portraits to this profile.
Enhanced megalomaniacal giant scientist in a vintage, trashy post-apocalyptic setting.
As of April of 2021, this profile received lustrous illustrations.
From the Stephanie Plum novels. Stealth supernatural regulator who likes all sorts of cookies.
As of 2021, this oooold entry has received a new illustration.
Elite post-apocalyptic operative. From the Endworld old post-apocalyptic novels series.
As of April of 2021, this profile received illustrations.
Post-apocalyptic elite warrior. From the Endworld novels.
The protagonist of the 1990 John Steakley novel Vampire$ (but not of the movie). Pistols sharpshooter.
As of April of 2021, did new portraits for him since the old ones are getting long in the… tooth. Long in the tooth. He’s a vampires hunter. That’s a pun, yes ?
Big tough modern-day vampires hunter. One of the main characters in John Steakley’s 1990 novel Vampire$.
As of April of 2021, added some photorealistic portraits of the big guy.
A voluminous student of magik, and expert in minor magikal artefacts. She appears in the early Myth Adventures novels by R. Asprin.
As of April of 2021, added a made-up portrait (though the app can’t do bright orange hair right now, alas).